Intense Breeding within Lentil Landraces for High-Yielding Pure Lines Sustained the Seed Quality Characteristics

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 8; p. 175
• Main Authors: Ninou, Elissavet, Papathanasiou, Fokion, Vlachostergios, Dimitrios N., Mylonas, Ioannis, Kargiotidou, Anastasia, Pankou, Chrysanthi, Papadopoulos, Ioannis, Sinapidou, Evangelia, Tokatlidis, Ioannis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.08.2019
• Subjects: breeding; breeding methods; cooking; cooking time; crude fiber; genetic variation; landraces; lentil landrace; lentils; nutritive value; physicochemical characteristics; protein; protein content; seed quality; starch

Landraces are a valuable source of genetic variability for breeders to develop high-yielding lentil varieties. Apart from productivity, simultaneous breeding for lentil seed nutritional quality is of paramount importance for wider lentil consumption. This work examined the indirect effect of single...